Nani Nani

Nani Nani
Studio album by John Zorn & Yamantaka Eye
Released	October 1995
Recorded	April 17–18, 1995
Genre	Avant-garde
Length	41:38
Label	Tzadik TZ 7206
Producer	John Zorn
John Zorn chronology
Redbird (1995) Nani Nani (1995) The Book of Heads (1995)
John Zorn and Yamataka Eye chronology
Nani Nani (1995) Zohar (1995)

Nani Nani is an album of improvised music by American composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist John Zorn (as Dekoboko Hajime) and Yamataka Eye. ^[1] A sequel album Naninani II was released in 2004. ^[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Stacia Proefrock awarded the album 4 stars stating "This album is not for Sunday afternoon relaxation, but its obvious playfulness make its more discordant elements eminently tolerable, even amusing in their cleverness". ^[3]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

Track listing

1. "Eep Man" - 1:07
2. "Test Tube" - 3:11
3. "Thank You For Not Thinking" - 2:36
4. "Pulp Wars" - 2:57
5. "Sticky Beethoven's Pipeline" - 1:15
6. "Laughing Eskimo" - 1:28
7. "Damascus" - 1:11
8. "Yoga Dollar" - 5:17
9. "Propolution" - 1:36
10. "My Rainbow Life" - 1:44
11. "Bad Hawkwind" - 18:13
12. "We Live" - 0:56

• All compositions by John Zorn & Yamataka Eye

Personnel

• Yamataka Eye - Vocals, Drums, Toys
• John Zorn - Saxophone, Harmonica, Guitar, Sitar, Sampler

References

1. Tzadik catalogue
2. Tzadik catalogue
3. Proefrock, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 25, 2011